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. >> there is a fundamental difference between short-term deficits and an structural deficits. the short-term deficits largely were inherited by the rock obama -- barack obama and we need to understand its short-term deficits are understandable because we are in a recession and we have to undeclared wars and a number of bailouts and unemployment is very high. so he made it very clear that he wants to try to take the steps to try to get the economy going on in consistent basis and bring unemployment down. he is going to propose a number of tax cuts or tax preferences as well as spending increases to try to do that and that may exacerbate the short-term but then he pivoted which i think is important to talk about the structural deficit. and that is what threatens the state. it's not the ice that is above the water. it's the ice that is below the water. it's not the debt on the balance sheet, it is what is off the balance sheet that disrupts the future and he talked about three things, he talked about freezing a portion of discretionary spending, less than 20% of the federal budge
. >> there is a fundamental difference between short-term deficits and an structural deficits. the short-term deficits largely were inherited by the rock obama -- barack obama and we need to understand its short-term deficits are understandable because we are in a recession and we have to undeclared wars and a number of bailouts and unemployment is very high. so he made it very clear that he wants to try to take the steps to try to get the economy going on in consistent basis and bring...
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the deficit cannot be cured by these big spending programs like health care, etc. and in my opinion, it sounds a lot like -- [inaudible] >> guest: i didn't get that, but -- >> host: all right, let us take a question from twitter. please explain why federal government has co-mingled social security and medicare with general budget funded by different systems. >> guest: well, social security is funded by a payroll tax, and part of ped care is funded by the payroll tax. the money is accounted for separately, but it is all part of the federal government. social security is, after all, a federal government program. the tax is a federal tax, and the benefits come out of the treasury. so, you know, it is important to account for it separately since we have a dedicated payroll tax for that purpose. but it is, you're, ideally -- you know, ideally we should be balancing the -- balance the budget at the moment, but ideally it would be good if we could say social security was completely off budget. and technically speaking, it is off budget. but as i said, it's money that come
the deficit cannot be cured by these big spending programs like health care, etc. and in my opinion, it sounds a lot like -- [inaudible] >> guest: i didn't get that, but -- >> host: all right, let us take a question from twitter. please explain why federal government has co-mingled social security and medicare with general budget funded by different systems. >> guest: well, social security is funded by a payroll tax, and part of ped care is funded by the payroll tax. the money...
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>> you can do the deficit spending, but is there a better way? and some of us have been working on this international initiative where the goal is to find the programs that we need an and find the novel funding and discourage the kind of things like this as well. so we all know that this led to the recession. the very few participate in these investments and i doubt that any of you went and bought a lot of mortgage-backed securities and so on. so the idea to place this small fee which is based on this old idea that on the highest risk, the hedge funds and others that are participating in this and it seems incredibly small when we are transacting hundreds of millions of dollars on the order of $5 billion and more. and the pool of that money will naturally increase as people are undergoing this and you'll end up with this and the reason was i would argue for such a system and we may be in a unique time and it's not that unique. if you look at the times of recession ended it certainly, over the last several years or decades, it's actually somewhat s
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trade deficit as bloated. since nafta and wto we've lost over 5 million of our manufacturing jobs from a 40,000 factories gone, and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true honesty, our exports rose to countries we do not have fast-track trade agreements with, actually 38 percent higher than those with which we do. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has said tpa. morning, trick, acronym. tpa also is an acronym for trade promotion authority, a cynical renaming a fast track, but it is also the reciprocal tariff act is called trade promotion the tory. and that is a mechanism president roosevelt had that only pertained to tariffs. the estimate is true, from 1934 the reciprocal tariff act had tariff, proclamation a story, tpa. a totally different thing than what equals fast track. true. a handful of president since nixon have had fast track. for the politics, the question is will this house of representatives give president obama this extraordinary authority to push through the trans pacifi
trade deficit as bloated. since nafta and wto we've lost over 5 million of our manufacturing jobs from a 40,000 factories gone, and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true honesty, our exports rose to countries we do not have fast-track trade agreements with, actually 38 percent higher than those with which we do. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has said tpa. morning, trick, acronym. tpa also is an acronym for trade promotion authority, a cynical renaming a fast...
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. >> there is a difference between short-term deficits and long-term deficits. the short-term deficits were largely inherited by barack obama and we need to recognize that some level are understandable and and to make it very clear to try to get the economy growing and to try to bring unemployment down. and then he pivoted this structural deficit and that is what threatens that. >> it is not the debt that's on the balance sheet, but it's what off the balance sheet and he talked about three things. he talked about freezing a portion of discretionary spending, less than 20% of the federal budget for three years, you know, three years are better than one and especially since spending has increased 20% or more over the last two years. >> there are lots of holes in that and they have to put a truck through it and it does provide some constraints that would be there. and thirdly he came out for a fiscal commission and this includes other spending restraints and tax reform that will terminate or revenues and i think it's important that we do it this year and to act bef
. >> there is a difference between short-term deficits and long-term deficits. the short-term deficits were largely inherited by barack obama and we need to recognize that some level are understandable and and to make it very clear to try to get the economy growing and to try to bring unemployment down. and then he pivoted this structural deficit and that is what threatens that. >> it is not the debt that's on the balance sheet, but it's what off the balance sheet and he talked...
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reducing the deficit by closing wasteful tax loopholes and making job-creating investments to spur economic growth. as we close out this year, i hope republicans and democrats can put aside our differences and work together to produce results for the middle class. mr. president, the presiding officer has served in the house. i've served in the house. ii'm fortunate to serve here in the senate. mr. president, when i first came to this body, democrats had their focus on what they thought the foundation of democracy was. the republicans did the same. they thought they knew the right thing to do. but you know, mr. president, we could never get what we wanted. each side couldn't get what they thought was the way it should be. so what did we do? we worked together and came up with compromises to move legislation forward. let's get back to where we were. that's what this body needs. so, i hope we can put aside our differences and work together like we used to. it's also time for republicans to work with us instead of against us to make the landmark health reform bill more workable. i remind my rep
reducing the deficit by closing wasteful tax loopholes and making job-creating investments to spur economic growth. as we close out this year, i hope republicans and democrats can put aside our differences and work together to produce results for the middle class. mr. president, the presiding officer has served in the house. i've served in the house. ii'm fortunate to serve here in the senate. mr. president, when i first came to this body, democrats had their focus on what they thought the...
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that deficit can compound itself over time. and finally rising inequality and declining mobility are bad for our democracy. ordinary folks can't write massive campaign checks or high-priced lobbyists and lawyers to secure policies that tilt the playing field in their family and at everyone else's expense. so people get the bad taste that the system is rigged. and that increases cynicism and polarization and it decreases the political participation that is a requisite part of our system of self-government. this is an issue that we have to tackle. if in fact the majority of americans agree that our number one priority is to restore opportunity and broad-based growth for all americans to question his why ask washington washington -- why his washington consistently failed to act? i think a big reason is the myths that have developed around the issue of inequality. first there is the myth but this is a problem restricted to a small share of predominantly minority people. this isn't a broad based problem or a black problem or hispani
that deficit can compound itself over time. and finally rising inequality and declining mobility are bad for our democracy. ordinary folks can't write massive campaign checks or high-priced lobbyists and lawyers to secure policies that tilt the playing field in their family and at everyone else's expense. so people get the bad taste that the system is rigged. and that increases cynicism and polarization and it decreases the political participation that is a requisite part of our system of...
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so sometimes there are very great people who have a deficit of self-esteem. so we wanted to question what we felt were these dogmas that had emerged and were just too prevalent, too widely believed. >> host: so not a supporter of the everybody gets a trophy theory. >> guest: no. [laughter] and the kids know. if you don't keep score and you think, well, that'll make everyone feel good, the children keep score. >> host: a call from annapolis, maryland. please go ahead. >> caller: good afternoon, dr. somers. i was wondering if you would comment on the one-woman theme that took place during the presidential election and also the recent virginia governor's election and why at least it was reported it did have an effect on women voters. >> host: what's your opinion first before we hear from dr. sommers? >> caller: my opinion, it was almost like preaching to the choir, and the way it was reported and may have seemed to be emphasized by those who believed it anyway. but in the virginia governor's election, i lived in maryland, it did seem to have an effect at least o
so sometimes there are very great people who have a deficit of self-esteem. so we wanted to question what we felt were these dogmas that had emerged and were just too prevalent, too widely believed. >> host: so not a supporter of the everybody gets a trophy theory. >> guest: no. [laughter] and the kids know. if you don't keep score and you think, well, that'll make everyone feel good, the children keep score. >> host: a call from annapolis, maryland. please go ahead. >>...
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. >> so deficit or not or maybe especially if we have a national deficit. spending money on pell grants is red investment for our taxpayers. >> yeah. i was going correct you and say it's not spending. it's investment. you are correct. thank you. i appreciate the opportunity. the porps of moving as a nation away from a philosophy toward higher education i've lived importance of the degree. but of course the world has changed a lot in the last 40 years. i would say the federal financial aid system is one of the great success story in the history of the federal government. when our goal was access, we have provided access to higher education for people in the country. like never seen before. in a degree that us value. the income won't be higher. people are graduating with disagrees that make their income no higher. we now have to move from a system that provide access alone to one that incents success so making people's lives better. of course, while it's happening. costs have gone up too. people are now leaving if they don't get a degree most often would too
. >> so deficit or not or maybe especially if we have a national deficit. spending money on pell grants is red investment for our taxpayers. >> yeah. i was going correct you and say it's not spending. it's investment. you are correct. thank you. i appreciate the opportunity. the porps of moving as a nation away from a philosophy toward higher education i've lived importance of the degree. but of course the world has changed a lot in the last 40 years. i would say the federal...
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particularly when there's so much concerned with the deficit and debt. medicare is historically -- payments below or equal to what medicare would expect to be in the traditional program for beneficiaries who enroll in the plan. this changed in 2003, and by 2009, payments were considerably higher than medicare would've paid for the same beneficiaries if they were in the traditional program. this cause every beneficiary more in added part b premiums and provide a little incentives for m.a. plans to become more efficient. when i examined the 2009 plan data i found wide variation in m.a. plans cost relative to traditional medicare spending, even controlling for plan levels, plan types and payment levels. that suggest there was room for a lot more efficiency in the program, variable across plants. and the policy changes that were in the aca reflect recommendations that congress is on medicare payment advisory commission has advocated for years. third, many of the concerns raised about 2014 offerings either to my mind from what i've looked at are not consisten
particularly when there's so much concerned with the deficit and debt. medicare is historically -- payments below or equal to what medicare would expect to be in the traditional program for beneficiaries who enroll in the plan. this changed in 2003, and by 2009, payments were considerably higher than medicare would've paid for the same beneficiaries if they were in the traditional program. this cause every beneficiary more in added part b premiums and provide a little incentives for m.a. plans...
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so if there is a regional deficit, the pain will be shared in terms of frankly rolling blackouts if it comes to that. we can hope for a cool summer in the summer of 2016 that's not necessarily a prudent approach. with that i would be happy to answer any questions. >> our next witness is mr. john morrissey and you are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning chairman, ranking member and members of the subcommittee for holding this hearing and the opportunity to testify. as i acknowledged there is a significant change occurring on the energy landscape. the operation in america has experienced only a modest incremental change over the last decades yet in recent years the development of new technology is bringing much more rapid change to the system that can't be disruptive. i think embracing these changes will allow a much more efficient utilization of energy resources. the challenge before us is to enable the system to be more efficient through the utilization of technology and foster the development of a diverse set of competitive energy resources while at the same time and sure
so if there is a regional deficit, the pain will be shared in terms of frankly rolling blackouts if it comes to that. we can hope for a cool summer in the summer of 2016 that's not necessarily a prudent approach. with that i would be happy to answer any questions. >> our next witness is mr. john morrissey and you are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning chairman, ranking member and members of the subcommittee for holding this hearing and the opportunity to testify. as i...
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upon taking office, he faced the largest per capita deficit in the country, a total debt of about $3.5 billion. before taking office he did several terms as mayor of stanford, connecticut, from 1995 to 2009, and what's particularly relevant to us today for this conversation is promising to make 2012 the year of education in connecticut, he tackled a reform agenda in a state that has long been known for one of the nation's widest racial achievement gaps. and the governor took the lead in passing one of the nation's more dramatic education bills. signed it in may 2012. it was public act 12116, an act concerning education reform. some of the package's most significant features required a new teacher evaluation pilot in which 45% of the evaluation would be based on student learning. the governor's package created a commissioner's network similar to the recovery school district in louisiana which has the ability to take authority over 25 of the state's lowest performing schools. to date, 11 have been entered into that network. and it increased per-pupil charter school funding to $10,500 in
upon taking office, he faced the largest per capita deficit in the country, a total debt of about $3.5 billion. before taking office he did several terms as mayor of stanford, connecticut, from 1995 to 2009, and what's particularly relevant to us today for this conversation is promising to make 2012 the year of education in connecticut, he tackled a reform agenda in a state that has long been known for one of the nation's widest racial achievement gaps. and the governor took the lead in passing...
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in the long run what we say about health care costs shows up in entire paychecks for workers and/or deficits the government. indeed, the cbo estimates that in the second decade the aca is in effect once it is in effect it will shave .5% of gdp off our deficit every year. which is about $80 billion each year in today's economy. "the new york times" reports this morning that the cost of the aca are heading in the other direction. so economic benefits are going up, costs are going down. now, how do we implement all these benefits to make sure they translate to better care for everyone? because it will allow -- as i said, millions of americans have been benefiting from them since 2010. what we have to do is keep spreading the word so america's know that these options are available to them. for americans without insurance are working to help them get covered. this is where much of the attention has been since october 1. the new health insurance marketplace will help ensure millions of hard-working americans find affordable health care. in states where governors and legislators, candidates and sta
in the long run what we say about health care costs shows up in entire paychecks for workers and/or deficits the government. indeed, the cbo estimates that in the second decade the aca is in effect once it is in effect it will shave .5% of gdp off our deficit every year. which is about $80 billion each year in today's economy. "the new york times" reports this morning that the cost of the aca are heading in the other direction. so economic benefits are going up, costs are going down....
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so if there's a regional deficit, the pain will be shared in terms of frankly rolling blackouts if it comes to that. we can hope for a cool summer in the summer of 2016, but that's not necessary a prudent approach. so with that i would be happy to answer any questions at the appropriate time. >> thank you, mr. moeller. our next witness is mr. john norris. you are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, chairman whitfield, ranking member mcnerney, and members of the subcommittee. thank you calling this thing. and the opportunity to testify. as i acknowledged in a written test with their significant changes occurring on our energy landscape. the operation of our energy system in america has experienced in my view only modest incremental change over the last many decades. yet in recent years the rapid development of new technologies is bringing much more rapid change to the system. that change can be disruptive. i think embracing these changes will allow a much more efficient utilization of our energy resources. the challenge before us i believe is to enable our system to be more e
so if there's a regional deficit, the pain will be shared in terms of frankly rolling blackouts if it comes to that. we can hope for a cool summer in the summer of 2016, but that's not necessary a prudent approach. so with that i would be happy to answer any questions at the appropriate time. >> thank you, mr. moeller. our next witness is mr. john norris. you are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, chairman whitfield, ranking member mcnerney, and members of the...
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no one looks even though as it's important as the budgetary deficit is the commercial deficits. minus 67 billion euros for france in 2012 when the gemini surface is 188 billion euros. what does that mean? it means that our economy is totally unbalanced. we produce less and less so we have two import a growing part of what we consume and as a consequence we run a growing deficit and factories are closing. we consume but others are producing. the french crisis is not a crisis of demand. it is a crisis of supply, like in other countries in europe. our capacity to consume is not the problem because of the welfare state. what is the problem is our capacity to produce and sell more goods and services in france. so we will be able to get rid of this spiral we are stuck and only if we manage to change. for a long time friends nurse demand by the development of public employment and redistribution. all this was financed by ever-growing taxes. now this cannot function anymore. we have to change it radically and that is exactly the program we are working on and we will have to change that
no one looks even though as it's important as the budgetary deficit is the commercial deficits. minus 67 billion euros for france in 2012 when the gemini surface is 188 billion euros. what does that mean? it means that our economy is totally unbalanced. we produce less and less so we have two import a growing part of what we consume and as a consequence we run a growing deficit and factories are closing. we consume but others are producing. the french crisis is not a crisis of demand. it is a...
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designed to be so harmful and reckless that we in congress would find a better, smarter way to reduce our deficit. but because of sequestration, too many families and small businesses in new hampshire have felt firsthand the dramatic effects of us failing to do our job. with the potential budget agreement coming from senator murray and congressman ryan, we have an opportunity to reduce these impacts, to finally get to work replacing the harmful cuts from sequestration with a responsible plan that will grow our economy and create jobs. finally, it's my hope that a budget agreement also includes an extension of unemployment benefits for the millions of americans who lost their jobs through no fault of their own. now, in new hampshire, our unemployment rate is lower than the national average, and it has been consistently throughout this recession. but that doesn't help if you're in a household where the breadwinners are unemployed. that household has 100% unemployment rate. so despite the significant progress for our economy since the recession, the unemployment rate remains unacceptably high. and f
designed to be so harmful and reckless that we in congress would find a better, smarter way to reduce our deficit. but because of sequestration, too many families and small businesses in new hampshire have felt firsthand the dramatic effects of us failing to do our job. with the potential budget agreement coming from senator murray and congressman ryan, we have an opportunity to reduce these impacts, to finally get to work replacing the harmful cuts from sequestration with a responsible plan...
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electric and deficit spending can find, how are you going to get a balanced budget? we don't like the current economy, what i going to do to get us to grow at the rate we ought to? coming out of this deep of recession, we will be growing five or 6% a year. we should be pulling back into the middle class. we will be solving a lot of our problems by just the sheer dynamics of a recovery. we are getting none of that right now. don't just tell me which are getting. don't know what you're for. i've been to all too many campaigns in the last 15 years that have been negative, eddie, personality oriented and they think they don't show the country well and i don't think will solve our problems with that approach. i hope you will read "breakout" but if you agree with me that this was an important concept inhibiting the people who think in that line in future, think about prison guards of the pass, we could really begin a dialogue that is future past and is very powerful in terms of bringing many people together who wouldn't know my think they were on the same side and i would
electric and deficit spending can find, how are you going to get a balanced budget? we don't like the current economy, what i going to do to get us to grow at the rate we ought to? coming out of this deep of recession, we will be growing five or 6% a year. we should be pulling back into the middle class. we will be solving a lot of our problems by just the sheer dynamics of a recovery. we are getting none of that right now. don't just tell me which are getting. don't know what you're for. i've...
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challenges we have here in the congress on our budget, on paying down our debt, on reducing our annual deficit, on procedural measures, how to run this senate and work more effectively on behalf of the people of all of our states, there's some really good news in north dakota, in south dakota, texas, louisiana, and other states that are experiencing really very low numbers of unemployment because the jobs are plentiful. what our challenge is just to comment briefly, what our comment -- challenge is is actually training the work force that we're going to need to fill all the jobs that we have. and these are very good-paying jobs. some starting at $40,000 or $60,000 a year, construction, welders, going up to $125,000, some of them are temporary but many of them will be permanent. so i hope we can resolve this unemployment issue. however, in states like the senator from rhode island, unfortunately, he and about 20 other states have very high unemployment. i think in some states it might still be over 9%. and they're chronically unemployed just because of the competition of globalization and other
challenges we have here in the congress on our budget, on paying down our debt, on reducing our annual deficit, on procedural measures, how to run this senate and work more effectively on behalf of the people of all of our states, there's some really good news in north dakota, in south dakota, texas, louisiana, and other states that are experiencing really very low numbers of unemployment because the jobs are plentiful. what our challenge is just to comment briefly, what our comment --...
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. >> may be especially we have a national deficit. spending money on pell grants is a big investment for our taxpayers. >> thank you and it highlights come as it highlights in her testimony, the importance of moving of the nation. >> i grew up in a single parent family and i understand because i have lived the importance of these degrees. the world has changed a lot in the last 40 years and i would say that the federal financial aid system is one of the greatest in the history of the federal government. when our one uncle was accessed and we have provided access to higher education for people in this country like i've never seen before. the challenge is that when these programs started 40 years ago, access was enough and if you look at the income potential of someone who had just a little time in college, your income could be higher. of course, today that has changed and if you don't graduate with a degree that adds value to society, your income will not be higher than many people are now moving from a system that provides access alon
. >> may be especially we have a national deficit. spending money on pell grants is a big investment for our taxpayers. >> thank you and it highlights come as it highlights in her testimony, the importance of moving of the nation. >> i grew up in a single parent family and i understand because i have lived the importance of these degrees. the world has changed a lot in the last 40 years and i would say that the federal financial aid system is one of the greatest in the history...
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not lifesaving but damaging, resulting in loss of sexual potency, loss of bladder continents, and the deficits of treatment are currently outweighing the benefits. so that test is no longer recommended. the numbers are pretty clear that the overdiagnosed of early breast cancer happens in many cases as well, and there are a number of things that are being thertaken to try to improve situation clinically. from the point of view the national cancer institute, the thing we are trying to solve is the question of how we can take these early abnormalities and tests to kinds of distinguish between those that are likely to evolve into life- threatening illnesses and those beniare simply the nine -- gn abnormalities that would not cause serious symptoms or life- threatening situations had they not been detected. we're talking with leading researchers about their areas of expertise at the nih. dr. harold varmus is the director of the national cancer institutes. al is joining us from cambridge, ohio. caller: good morning. it is a pleasure to be able to talk to a doctor out here after working for 40 years
not lifesaving but damaging, resulting in loss of sexual potency, loss of bladder continents, and the deficits of treatment are currently outweighing the benefits. so that test is no longer recommended. the numbers are pretty clear that the overdiagnosed of early breast cancer happens in many cases as well, and there are a number of things that are being thertaken to try to improve situation clinically. from the point of view the national cancer institute, the thing we are trying to solve is...
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the largest per-capita deficit representing 17% of total revenue and therefore i had to go in a different direction. when a lot of states were saying we have to cut, realizing that our gap was too big to cut her way out of it and too big to tax her way out of it and had to be a combination of two. someone had to explain what we are trying to do and when it came to education i did that as well. there were a lot of people mad at me and a lot of folks betting a lot of money to try to defeat and organized efforts even though they supported certain aspects of it. it was the total picture they didn't want to see and it might carve out a corner that they like but that was the total picture. somebody has to have the discussion. someone has to have that discussion with the communities and someone has to demonstrate to members of the legislature that you want to work with him and get their input that we need to change directions. go back to hartford new haven ridge ford new london new britain failing to properly educate 40% of their kids. those are some the largest school districts. you can't succe
the largest per-capita deficit representing 17% of total revenue and therefore i had to go in a different direction. when a lot of states were saying we have to cut, realizing that our gap was too big to cut her way out of it and too big to tax her way out of it and had to be a combination of two. someone had to explain what we are trying to do and when it came to education i did that as well. there were a lot of people mad at me and a lot of folks betting a lot of money to try to defeat and...
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there is a third group of symptoms which we call the the cognitiveoms, deficits. those are problems with memory and problems of attention. sadly, we do not have good treatments for those latter two categories. we have treatments for hallucinations and delusions, medications at work quite well. but the other parts of this syndrome, the parts that are often even more disabling, we need to come up with much better treatments. that is part of why nih is so focused on developing both better diagnostics and better therapeutics for these kinds of illnesses. host: this tweet on the issue of mental health -- are there any other significant development being made in other countries? guest: it is a great question. recently, mental disorder research has become global. there is a lot of interest in global mental health, and that is not just from europe and australia. canada and increasingly in other parts of the world. the disorders we're talking about our global and not unique to the developed world. as a result, there have been some very interesting little-resource environme
there is a third group of symptoms which we call the the cognitiveoms, deficits. those are problems with memory and problems of attention. sadly, we do not have good treatments for those latter two categories. we have treatments for hallucinations and delusions, medications at work quite well. but the other parts of this syndrome, the parts that are often even more disabling, we need to come up with much better treatments. that is part of why nih is so focused on developing both better...
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fiscal challenges that your country is, and we went through a strategic review several years ago and a deficit reduction action plan, all of which has decreased our budget by 10-15%. and and this has required all kinds of trade-offs along the way too. going forward and recently we just had the speech which indicates that the government is looking to refurbish their canada first defense strategy and in that way allows us to look at where we can invest in new areas. so there will be trade-offs to come certainly within a stable envelope of tight resources. >> okay. and then the last question i wanted to ask is on author rad. norad. and you mentioned in your comments that, expansion, if you will, into the maritime domain, i think there's a lot of interest, too, in cyber domain, and you did reference the author rad strategic -- norad strategic review that's underway. can you give us some insights into what the u.s. and canada are exploring into that strategic review and what types of changes we might expect to see come out of that? >> i know that the commander of norad who is not only the u.s. comm
fiscal challenges that your country is, and we went through a strategic review several years ago and a deficit reduction action plan, all of which has decreased our budget by 10-15%. and and this has required all kinds of trade-offs along the way too. going forward and recently we just had the speech which indicates that the government is looking to refurbish their canada first defense strategy and in that way allows us to look at where we can invest in new areas. so there will be trade-offs to...
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effect on the town of the mine closing was deficit in the account had been through lots of hard times bigger than labor strikes and i write about what big strikes in my book. it had been through the depression the aldermen voted to work three days a week so everybody could work. but when the mine closed-end, nobody could believe it. they tried to get people to get in to be a white knight to save the town and have someone else bought it. a company that bought it from the original owners and they were mining deep and mining fast and getting the best stuff out there and then environmental protection agency came in and said you can't keep doing what you're doing. and between the way the gulf resources managed the mine and the epa, they closed down and this became a superfund site. epa is the one who tries to keep the air clean and the water claim. this town did not have clean air or clean water. so there were lots of poisons that were spread out on the ground. while this one company was managing the mine, there was a back house fire. the back house was the place for many of the boys were
effect on the town of the mine closing was deficit in the account had been through lots of hard times bigger than labor strikes and i write about what big strikes in my book. it had been through the depression the aldermen voted to work three days a week so everybody could work. but when the mine closed-end, nobody could believe it. they tried to get people to get in to be a white knight to save the town and have someone else bought it. a company that bought it from the original owners and they...
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let's make up the deficit. and he begins to haul out yeller boys out of his pocket. it's a most amazing good idea, duke. you have got a clever head on you, says the king. blessed if you ain't helping us out again, and he begun to haul out yeller jackets and stack them out. they made up the 6,000 clean and clear. says, say the -- say, says the duke, let's count this money and then take and give it to the girls. good land, duke. let me hug you, it's the most dazzling idea ever a hand struck. you certainly got the most astonishing head i ever seen. oh, this is the boss dodge. there ain't no mistake about it. let 'em fetch along their suspicions now if they want to. this'll lay 'em out. i don't know where i am, but i'm pretty close to ten. but as you might expect, they get -- [inaudible] because the two real heirs show up. [laughter] [applause] so anyways, thank you. >> it's really nice to see how bad guys get their comeuppance, at least in fiction if not always in real life. our next reader is peter -- [inaudible] peter is a poet and a volunteer here, he's also a cook,
let's make up the deficit. and he begins to haul out yeller boys out of his pocket. it's a most amazing good idea, duke. you have got a clever head on you, says the king. blessed if you ain't helping us out again, and he begun to haul out yeller jackets and stack them out. they made up the 6,000 clean and clear. says, say the -- say, says the duke, let's count this money and then take and give it to the girls. good land, duke. let me hug you, it's the most dazzling idea ever a hand struck. you...